Summary:
Hence, we set aside the death sentence and award life imprisonment. The appellants must serve a minimum of thirty years in jail without remission, before consideration of their case for premature release. The duo was accused of kidnapping the boy from outside his house in Visnagar and killing him on March 17, 2012. The court had found the nature of crime “inhuman” as, the boy was buried while he was still alive after his throat was slit with a blade. However, it would be subject to the clemency power of the Executive.”.